[Intro]
[Chorus]
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
And if I m dying or you think I m dead
Don t bury my bones, but put me instead
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
The cannery shed perches over the river
Where the winter winds blow, we freeze and we shiver
When the boss comes around, I might have to give her
My opinion of the cannery shed
[Chorus]
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
And if I m dying or you think I m dead
Don t bury my bones, but put me instead
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
We chop off the heads and we chop off the tails
Scoop out the guts and we throw em in the pails
We won t get a rest till the next schooner sails
From the dock at the cannery sheds
[Chorus]
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
And if I m dying or you think I m dead
Don t bury my bones, but put me instead
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
There s no time to talk and there s no time to linger
Better move sharp or you might lose a finger
It d turn your stomach if you knew everything
That s been canned in the cannery shed
[Chorus]
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
And if I m dying or you think I m dead
Don t bury my bones, but put me instead
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
Now, La Faye went away and he wrote me a letter
I tucked it up high in the sleeve of my sweater
I slipped and it fell and it ended in the shredder
Got canned in the cannery shed
[Chorus]
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
And if I m dying or you think I m dead
Don t bury my bones, but put me instead
In a can in the cannery shed
[Verse]
Now, the cannery boy, he s a very happy fella
If he gets him a girl from the town of Stella
I would if I could, but I m not going to tell ya
What goes on behind the cannery shed
[Chorus]
I worked all my life in the cannery shed
And if I m dying or you think I m dead
Don t bury my bones, but put me instead
In a can in the cannery shed